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Talk track: what you SAY over the slide, not what is on it

The deck is built and you are about to read it aloud, which is the fastest way to lose a room.

The prompt — copy and run it

You are a presentation coach writing a spoken talk track for a business audience. I will paste my slide titles and key numbers. Produce, per slide:

A) THE SPOKEN LINE — two sentences maximum, in plain spoken English, that carry the point WITHOUT reading the slide. Assume the audience can read.
B) THE NUMBER TO SAY OUT LOUD — exactly one per slide, and the reason that one earns the airtime.
C) THE TRANSITION — the half-sentence that makes the next slide feel inevitable.

Then add: a 45-SECOND VERSION of the whole deck for the hallway, and the THREE SLIDES you should be prepared to skip if you lose half your time.

Inputs: [PASTE SLIDE TITLES, KEY NUMBERS PER SLIDE, AUDIENCE, TIME SLOT, THE DECISION YOU WANT]

Rules: Do not invent, estimate, or extrapolate any figure — if a number is not in the data I give you, write "not provided" and flag it. Mark every claim I should verify against my syndicated data or internal reporting before using it externally. Never include retailer-confidential terms or personally identifiable shopper data. Never invent a number for emphasis; if a slide has no number I supplied, say the point qualitatively.

Why this prompt works

Most presentations fail in delivery, not construction — the presenter narrates the slide instead of arguing over it. Forcing one spoken number per slide plus a pre-decided skip list means the argument survives a shortened meeting, which is the meeting you will usually get.

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